In its freshly released annual report, Amnesty International blasted Ethiopia for a broad range of human right issues, from serious restrictions of Freedom of expression to extrajudicial executions. Below is…

The Israeli government has admitted to forcing female Ethiopian Jewish migrants into having contraceptive injections without their knowledge or consent. The women were deceived and told that the Depo-Provera…

Alemayehu G Mariam Ethiopia as “sovereign deadbeat” state due to debts incurred by the T-TPLF In my last commentary, The World Bank and Ethiopia’s “Growth and Transformation”, I cryptically observed in…

On February 9, 2015, Peace talks between the Ethiopian government and the ONLF resumed in Nairobi. According to the head of foreign of affairs of the ONLF Mr. Abdirahman Mahdi, “The objective of their talk with the Ethiopian government is to end the conflict of the region and to get…

An incredibly inciting video “U.S Policy: Ethiopia A Failed State” has been making its rounds in the last two weeks in Ethiopian Websites. I suspect most of the Webmasters and Editors who posted that Video in their respective Websites did not seem to have considered the deeper mission of the…

23 February 2015 Children as young as seven are leaving their homes in Africa to travel thousands of miles alone, across land and sea, to Europe. More lone children than ever before are attempting the route, some sent by their parents who do not want them to grow up in…

For Immediate Release Response to Inquiry Dismissive of Abuses (Washington, DC, February 23, 2015) – The World Bank should fully address serious human rights issues raised by the bank’s internal investigation into a project in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the bank’s vice president for Africa. The…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Ethiopian Heritage Society in North America (EHSNA) will be marking the 119th monumental victory anniversary of the Battle of Adwa in which the Ethiopian army led by Emperor Minilik II defeated the invading Italian army on March 1, 1896. 119th Victory Anniversary of the Battle of…

I read a confounding piece by Meshesha Mekonnen (PhD) about an offprint book that seems to be way overpriced. Dr. Mekonnen even congratulated the author, Tecola Hagos, for having written a book which can fetch $2585.85 a copy. “Congratulations Prof. Tecola Hagos, what a remarkable accomplishment! Your book was priced…

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